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In the winter of 1975, SMU hired Ron Meyer, an up-and-coming football coach who had previous success at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. [4] In the late 1970s, attention around SMU football grew, and in the 1978 offseason the university launched a media campaign which caused its average home attendance to double from 26,000 to 52,000. [5]
The 1978 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Ron Meyer , the Mustangs compiled an overall record 4–6–1 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the SWC.
This is a list of SMU Mustangs football players in the NFL draft. Key. B ... Player Team Position 1936 4 3 30 ... This page was last edited on 12 December 2024, ...
The most egregious violation was a slush fund to attract players to play for the SMU football team. The repeated violations resulted in the football program ultimately receiving the death penalty, with the NCAA's infractions committee voting unanimously to cancel the Mustangs' 1987 season and the team's four scheduled home games in 1988. [1] [2]
SMU is headed to the College Football Playoff in its first season in the ACC. How it made the jump to the conference is a Texas-sized story filled with billionaires and big decisions.
The Mustangs' new home of the ACC also holds a championship game, potentially giving future SMU teams an extra game. Due to COVID-19 disruptions, the NCAA ruled that the 2020 season would not be counted against any football player's athletic eligibility, giving players active in that season five years of eligibility instead of the standard four.
“Pro Football Focus does this ranking of players over the summer, there are 17 teams in the ACC and they had six of the top-10 players in a 17-team league. We didn’t have a single player ...